Ruin'd at a gaming table [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Ruin'd at a gaming table [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Ruined at a gaming table
Rake's progress. Plate 6
If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ... - Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Parker, Henry, 1725-1809, publisher.
Bakewell, Thomas, -1749, publisher.
Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789. - Published / Created
- March 25, 1768.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
- Abstract
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Copy (not reversed) of the first state of Plate 6th of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 137): Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a collar "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
- Description
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Title from text engraved above image.
"Plate 6"--Lower right below design.
Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ...
The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm).
A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the sixth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90.
Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735.
Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and text on right. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; December 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm and plate mark 26 x 30.9 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 44.7 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 768.03.25.06+ Box 210
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Etchings England London 1768 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Child laborers
Criminals
Dogs
Fires
Gambling
Gamblers
Rake's progress
Usury - Subjects
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Child laborers
Criminals
Dogs
Fires
Gambling
Gamblers
Rake's progress
Usury
England > 1768
England > London > 1768
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 14850719
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873211